Vegan Strawberry Pop-Tarts
I was kind of a picky eater when I was little when it came to normal quick breakfast foods. I didn’t like cereal or milk, I didn’t like oatmeal (which is funny because now, that is what I eat, and I have done so for the last 15 years), and I wasn’t much for regular […]
Strawberry Jalapeno Jam
My Grandma did lots of preserving fruits and vegetables through canning. My favorite was the strawberry jam it was so good! I mean, I don’t think anything can compare to home made berry jam. Maybe that is why my Dad always bought strawberry jam when I was little, because his Mom made it for him […]
CBD Peppermint Chocolate Cups
Maybe it is because it is Summer, it is hot, and I need things that are refreshing, but I have been really into peppermint lately. Peppermint in my drinks, home made peppermint body mist and baths (if you are feeling overheated, just sprinkle a few drops of organic good quality peppermint oil into your bath […]
Vegan Hazelnut Bliss Bars
About 5 years ago, I made some really amazing raw hazelnut bars with some hazelnut spreads that Rawmio sent me. They had a chocolate crust, a layer of plain hazelnut cream and a layer of chocolate hazelnut cream with chocolate on top. They were amazing! Well, fast forward to now, when I was looking through […]
Vegan Caramel Cashew Chocolate Chunk Cookies
I had a day off all to myself, and it was kind of nice. I slept in, went for a 30 mile bike ride, then decided to make cookies. Why not? The truth is I had been thinking about those cookies my entire bike ride. I come up with some of my best recipes while […]
Vegan Blueberry Lemon Truffles
Since finding a lot of extra cacao butter in my cupboard last month (3 lbs), and being sent another lb by Raw Guru I have been making a lot of chocolate and candy recipes. I hope you all don’t mind. I know I certainly don’t as I do enjoy eating them. I went with peanut […]
Vegan 8 Layer Bars
Magic cookie bars, seven layer bars, five layer bars 8 layer bars. They are all similar, and I loved them all growing up because they were all delicious. If you aren’t sure what I am talking about, they are typically made with a graham cracker crust topped off with coconut flakes, chocolate chips, peanut butter […]
Vegan Peanut Butter White Chocolates
I love white chocolate and I love peanut butter, so I figured, why not make some peanut butter white chocolate?! I mean, yes I could have just made white chocolate peanut butter cups, and I did make those recently. But I had another motive for making these. My Mom recently requested that I make some […]
Vegan Cheesecake Dessert Hummus
I love hummus of any sort, and I am always trying to come up with new and interesting flavors. I love the classic hummus with tahini, lemon, and lots of garlic and cumin of course, and I can get that kind in the deli I work in because ours is really good. But when I […]
Vegan Blueberry Pie Cookies
I made some apple pie cookies a while back and they were really good, so when I had some leftover blueberry jam, I thought it would be fabulous in some mini pie cookies! It is Summer after all, the season of blueberries! I love any type of fruit pie, but I don’t always want to […]
Raspberry Jalapeno Margarita
The first food item that I had made that I shared with my boyfriend Eric wasn’t a dessert, it was my habanero hot sauce. One of the first things that we discovered about each other was our love for spicy food. He is from Arizona, so that is understandable, but I am not the typical […]
Black and White Peanut Butter Cups
It is no secret that I love chocolate and peanut butter together. I have about 50 chocolate and peanut butter recipes on this blog. Yes, I am a little, obsessed. Or maybe I just know what I like, and I figure that some of you out there have a similar mind set when it comes […]
Vegan Peach Streusel Pie
We don’t grow peaches here in Minnesota, so every Summer, they are like a treat. At least to me, because there is nothing like a perfectly ripe, sweet peach. Funny because when I was little, I wasn’t as big of a fan of them since I had only had the canned ones in peach pies […]
Vegan Chocolate Blueberry Pecan Butter Cups
When I was little, I loved going shopping with my Mom at the mall. And one of the local malls had this really cool store that looked like a log cabin house inside and they mostly sold home decor items. You would think that would be a boring place for a kid to shop with […]
Vegan Mocha Brazil Nut Butter Cookies
You know what my favorite guilty pleasure is? Nut butters. Yes, I eat a little bowl of nut butter with fruit to dip in it and call it dessert sometimes. It is not because I am too lazy to make a dessert, it is because I am craving delicious nut butter. And, I wish I could […]
Vegan Raspberry White Chocolate Cheesecake
I make my own Birthday cake every year, and half the time when I tell people that, they are baffled as to why. I even had someone tell me that it was sad that I made my own, and someone else should make me one or buy me one. But that is not how I […]
Lets get Fizzy with Sparkling ICE and my Strawberry Kiwi Sparkling Tonic!
This post is sponsored by Sparkling ICE but the content and opinions expressed here are my own. I love sparkly things, especially in cocktails! And I have been making quite a few lately! It has been really steamy here in Minnesota this week! We had a heat index of about 108F degrees a few days […]
Vegan Summer Chocolate Berry Tartlettes
One of my favorite parts of Summer is the berries! And, luckily the wild raspberries are growing like crazy around here this year! Every time Eric and I go out for a walk practically we find more ripe ones to pick. I guess I consider berries special because it is only this time of the […]
Vegan Blueberry Vanilla White Chocolate Popcorn
Usually every weekend I make a dessert, like a cake, or pie or cheesecake or something. But this weekend I decided to make a sweet popcorn instead for dessert because that is what I was craving. Is that weird? I like to make gourmet type popcorn, like the kind that you can buy at the […]
Raspberry Rosé Slushie
People think of Minnesota as being the land of snow and ice, but what they don’t realize is that there is a part of the year when it gets pretty hot here. It is not just hot either, it is the type of hot that also includes humid. Like you walk outside and a few […]
Tie Dye Lemon Berry Popsicles
When I was little, I think we mostly lived on popsicles and freezees in the Summer. We would play outside most of the day, doing things like building forts, riding our bikes, or running through the sprinkler. But we would always come back and want something cold and refreshing. My Dad always had a giant […]
Moroccan Roasted Carrot Hummus
One of my favorite things to make at work (in a health food store deli) is hummus. It is not my usual job, I am the one who makes salads, vegan soups and vegan hot bar, but when I have all of my stuff done, and they need help making hummus, I always volunteer. We […]
Vegan Salted Caramel White Chocolates
Everyone always thinks to pair dark chocolate with salt, but why not white chocolate? At least that was what I was pondering last weekend when I decided to make some vegan salted caramel white chocolates. The idea sounded absolutely heavenly! For most of my life, I have thought of myself as mainly a vanilla favoring […]
Vegan Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
When I was little, my Mom and I used to go to this local 50s style diner restaurant that had the best strawberry rhubarb pie. It was amazing. The perfect balance of tart and sweet, with plenty of jammy filling and a flaky crust. I have had plenty of other ones that were just sub […]
Vegan CBD Mint Chip Ice Cream Pops
It was super hot and humid in Minnesota last weekend. We have had a few big thunderstorms, and then when the sun came back out it just brought more of the humidity into the air. I went on a long 28 mile bike ride and I felt like I had jumped into a pool when […]
Vegan Pecan Blueberry Jam Bars
I am loving anything berry lately. We kind of get deprived of berries in Minnesota for about half the year, so when they are available, I am all over them. I recently made some blueberry jam from a couple of pints of blueberries, and instead of simply using it to top toast with, or stir […]
German Chocolate Granola
When I was little, granola was something that I thought hippies made or something that was brought along on camping trips. But the truth is I had never actually tried it and it just looked like something healthy to me. At that point in my life I wasn’t into “healthy” foods made with whole grains […]
Vegan Strawberry Jalapeno Gelato
Although I have my favorite ice cream flavors that I make again and again, I will never tire of coming up with new ones. I have over 100 ice cream recipes on my blog already but why stop there? Keeps it interesting for me at least. Once you get your own ice cream maker, it […]
Watermelon Mint Julep
Nothing is more refreshing than watermelon in the Summer when it comes to fruit. I could eat a whole one, and I have actually. It is a very hydrating fruit, at 92 percent water, so it is the perfect thing to enjoy post workout if you blend it up and drink it instead of a […]
Chocolate Dipped Key Lime Pie Stuffed Strawberries
Key lime pie has always been one of my favorite Summer desserts. It has to be the good kind though, plenty of tart lime and not too sweet. When I was little, my Mom and I found the perfect recipe for it that was the perfect balance, and it always tasted amazing. Especially on a […]
Vegan Strawberry Lemonade Truffles
It was 90F+ degrees last weekend here in Minnesota. Which is pretty odd for this time of the year. You usually don’t get a bunch of days like that until June or July. But it feels like July! It was character building for my Sunday morning run. I really appreciated any trees to provide shade, […]
Vegan Strawberry Margarita Pie
I am not used to the humidity here yet. We basically went from Winter (18 inches of snow) to Spring for a few weeks right into hot Summer weather. I really prefer moderate weather like 45 degrees in the morning and a high of 70 degrees or lower in the afternoon which is why I […]
Vegan Strawberry Lemon Cheesecake Popsicles
It feels like Summer here, so I am craving popsicles. When I was little, they were an essential item that we always had to have around in the freezer. The plain fruit sweetened ones were my favorite, especially the raspberry or strawberry. I wasn’t as big of a fan of the fake ones that were […]
Vegan Roasted Asparagus Garlic Flat Bread
Last weekend I ran the Foodie 4 Mile, a race to celebrate the opening day of the Minneapolis North East Farmer’s Market. It was a beautiful perfect morning for running, about 49 degrees and cloudy. I like the cooler temperatures because then I don’t overheat. I ended up beating my time from last year by […]
Vegan Almond Butter Maple Blondies
It smells so good here right now, like you have walked into a secret garden if you close your eyes when you walk outside. The trees and flowers are all in bloom in all of their beautiful Spring glory, and they are loving the warm weather we have been having. It may not seem like […]
Mini Vegan Nutella Mousse Tarts
When I was little, I loved Nutella. I loved having Nutella toast, it was like having dessert for breakfast. After all, the real Nutella has sugar as the main ingredient and is super sweet. My 10 year old self loved that. When I visited Europe in high school, I ate Nutella on baguettes almost every […]
Vegan Strawberry Lemon Cream Cheese Galette
It is the little things in life that make me happy. For instance, when I went out for a run on Friday I was a bit tired and sluggish, but my spirits were quickly lifted. The lilacs were starting to bloom. Let me tell you, that is one of my favorite times of the […]
Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Pancakes
I am a peanut butter and chocolate fanatic. I even have a round up of 30+ Vegan Chocolate and Peanut Butter Recipes! Growing up, Reese’s peanut butter cups were my all time favorite candy, and now my own home made peanut butter cups are. It is just an irresistible combination! So a few days back […]
Vegan Strawberries and Cream Brownies
I spent most of last weekend outside, going for long bike rides and walks, because I feel like we haven’t seen the sun or warmth like this in forever. I mean, Winter lasted an extra 2 months, and now I feel like Summer has arrived and we have skipped Spring weather wise. It is ok […]
Vegan Chili Mole with Rice
I have always loved spicy chili. When I was little, my best friend’s Dad made the best chili with the vegetables from his garden. Including spicy peppers like habaneros and jalapenos. I always loved it when I could eat dinner at her house when chili was being served. It was so packed with flavors, unlike […]
Avocado Lime Margaritas
Since it is Cinco de Mayo, I thought it would be the perfect day to share some margaritas with you! No, not those cheap ones with all of the sugar and artificial color and stuff that you get in many restaurants, some quality margaritas with healthy ingredients that won’t make you feel gross after drinking […]
Vegan Chocolate Drizzled Tahini Cookies
You may think of tahini as something that you add to hummus, or make dressing out of. But did you know it is really good in desserts too? I am not just talking about halva (a tahini candy popular in the Middle East). I mean adding it to actual desserts for richness in place of […]
Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Pie
I am one of those types of people that would make a batch of cookies just to eat the dough and not actually bake it. Because the dough is my favorite part! Usually when I make cookies, I do eat more dough than the baked cookies (I share them), just because there is just something […]
Blueberry Vanilla Almond Butter
It is no secret that I love nut butters of any kind. I am always including them in recipes (especially peanut butter but I love them all), and at any given time I probably have at least 8 different kinds in my pantry. Almond, peanut, pecan, cashew, walnut, and coconut butter are all staples, but […]
Vegan Chocolate Chili Mousse Tart
I got a dessert cookbook from my friend when I was in high school, and it had the most delicious chocolate mousse recipe in it that I ended up making dozens of times back in the day. It was super simple, only 2 ingredients, but so elegant, rich and delicious! If I was making food […]
Salted Caramel Dessert Hummus
Chickpeas are a staple in my kitchen. Every week I cook off a huge batch of them, about 10 cups and I use them throughout the week for recipes. I used to cook them and freeze them in portioned out containers, but I always use all of them up within the week now so there […]
Vegan Hazelnut Crunch White Chocolate Truffles
It snowed for 2 days here, and I really didn’t feel like going outside. I had to go to work, and drive home in a scary blizzard, but after that I just hunkered down until the snow stopped. It was the perfect time to make some truffles. I can’t imagine a better way to make […]
Italian Pasta and Chickpea Soup
So apparently Winter is never going away here. They are predicting even more snow, even though it is mid April and the tulips should be blooming by now. I am so over it. Last year the first week of April I was wearing shorts outside. So, I am not quite into the light Spring food […]
Vegan Almond Strawberry Rhubarb Jam Bars
I am so ready for strawberry and rhubarb season! Spring is way behind here this year, with ice still on the lakes, snow on the ground and the ducks and geese that flew back here to Minnesota look confused. Hopefully soon we will have green grass, tulips blooming and rhubarb growing. But until then I […]
Vegan Avocado Brownies
Brownie baking is the perfect activity for your day off. Especially if it has been a particularly stressful, or the weather outside is crappy. I mean, one can not possibly be in a bad mood while baking brownies. The whole process is enjoyable. Eating the last bit of batter leftover in the bowl, taking in […]
Vegan Lemon Sugar Cookies
I have always loved all things lemon. Most likely it is inherited, because my Grandma loved lemon desserts, and my Mom does too. None of that weak artificially lemon stuff either, it had to be real tart lemon, and plenty of it. The fake stuff just isn’t the same. I still feel that way. I […]
Vegan White Chocolate Coconut Truffles
My Mom is one of my best friends. She has always supported me in whatever I have chosen to pursue in life. She was always at every track and cross country meet growing up, and she still comes to my road races. And, she is one of my taste testers for my recipes, always being […]
Vegan Carrot Crepe Cake
Whenever there is a holiday, I feel that a delicious dessert is in order to be served with the meal. Growing up there was always something for dessert, like the pies at Thanksgiving and Christmas, and the sweet giant cinnamon rolls and Swedish rice ring that were always served with Easter brunch when I was […]
Carrot Lime Margarita
I have always been a fan of fresh carrot juice. When I got my juicer, it was the first thing we made with it, and honestly it almost tastes sweet like dessert if you get really good fresh carrots. Add in a little lime or lemon to balance out the sweet and it is bomb! […]
Vegan Chocolate Covered Caramel Eggs
When I was little, caramel was one of my all time favorite things in the world. When I would get a box of chocolates from my Grandma on holidays, I would always seek out the little square caramels first, because I knew they would always be sweet and delicious, whereas the other ones were hit […]
Vegan Berry Chocolate Chip Cookies
They make giant batches of chocolate chip cookie dough at the deli I work in. Much larger batches than the rest of the cookies, because they are the most popular and they fly out of the store. I always see that big bowl of cookie dough, then want my own, and occasionally I will go […]
Vegan Carrot Cake Scones
The arrival of Spring has me in the mood for carrot cake. Because to me, it is the quintessential Spring dessert. I mean, it is perfect for Easter celebrations, and carrots first come into season this time of the year (well not for a while in Minnesota, but in other parts of the country). I […]
Vegan Lemon White Chocolate Truffle Eggs
When I was little, whenever I would go shopping with my Mom at the mall, we would always stop by the candy counter in one of the stores and buy a couple of truffles to enjoy. There were so many delicious options, but the ones that we found ourselves drawn to time and time again […]
Spring Confetti Popcorn
I am sooo ready for Spring! The robins and ducks are back, the snow is melting quickly, and I have seen some pussy willows. I have put away my Winter boots, and I am wearing my Spring clothes (even if it is still a little chilly darn it). No more layer upon layer of jackets […]
Mint Chocolate Chip Dessert Hummus
Dessert hummus is everywhere lately. It is actually a pretty awesome thing to make, because you can enjoy something that tastes like dessert but get some protein and fiber from the chickpeas at the same time. Plus the chickpeas serve as a blank palate for any flavors you want to give them. I have used […]
Vegan Samoa Cookies
I was never a Girl Scout. I was in other things when I was younger like dance, choir and a group at church called Pioneer Girls instead. But my family still always bought Girl Scout cookies, because I had friends that were Girl Scouts. I anxiously awaited those cookies every year. I loved the Tag […]
Vegan Banana Chocolate Chip Scones
In the deli I work in, they make a lot of baked goods. My work station is right next to the cooling rack, so I get to enjoy the aroma of freshly baked sweets all day long, and I admit it is certainly a mood booster. Happy smells. That is why I love baking so […]
Vegan Garlic White Cheddar Cheeze
Often times when I am at the store, I see an item that isn’t vegan that sounds good to me and I try to veganize it once I get home, so I can enjoy it too. It is honestly one of the best sources for inspiration, walking through the store. So, recently I saw a […]
Vegan Peanut Butter and Jelly Cobbler
I basically lived off of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch when I was a kid. I did not like meat at all, so sandwiches with meat were out of the question. So, my Mom would make me good old PB and J. It was always with raspberry jam, and that ended up being […]
Vegan White Mulberry Pecan Caramel White Chocolate Cheesecake
I draw inspiration from many things. A non-vegan recipe I see online, or just walking through the produce department. Or, my favorite, when someone gives me ingredients to play with and make something fabulous. Vivapura was kind enough to send me some of their awesome products to use in my recipes, and I could not […]
Vegan Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
My Mom bought me a bag of cranberries and asked if I would make her some cranberry oatmeal cookies. Of course I wasn’t going to say no. Any excuse to bake cookies, I am in! Oatmeal cookies are her favorite, and I think if she could eat them for breakfast every day she would. She […]
Vegan Chocolate Avocado Cake
An occasion such as Valentine’s Day, deserves the perfect decadent rich chocolate. So, I decided to make one last weekend. Eric and I celebrated early since the actual holiday is during the work week and I am working. We went for a long walk around Minneapolis in our favorite area, then hit up our favorite […]
Vegan Red Velvet Popcorn with White Chocolate Drizzle
Since I really enjoyed the Red Velvet Cake Batter Dessert Hummus I made last week, I decided to make something else red velvet as well. Because, why not? Valentine’s Day is just a few short days away so it will be festive, and I always love popcorn. It is kind of surprising that I have […]
Red Velvet Cake Batter Dessert Hummus
I am always up for trying new hummus as long as it is vegan and does not have any dairy thrown in. Of course I love the classic with tahini, lemon and lots of cumin, and we make an amazing version of at my work. But I like to switch it up when I make […]
Colorful Kitchen Review and Sweet Potato Skins Recipe
I have been admiring Ilene Godofsky Moreno’s recipes from her blog The Colorful Kitchen for a long time, so when she offered to send me a copy of her new book “The Colorful Kitchen” to review I was excited! I am always admiring her amazing looking sandwiches, bowls full of colorful veggies and decadent looking […]
Vegan Dark Chocolate Raspberry Brownies
I am in a chocolate mood lately. So on my day off last weekend I decided that some brownie baking was in order. The weather was pretty chilly so I didn’t feel like spending much time outside, so it was the perfect time to be a kitchen hermit. By that I mean spending most of […]
Caramelized Onion Hummus
Sadly last weekend my favorite team, the Minnesota Vikings lost their chance at getting to the Super Bowl. Now, that may not seem like such a big deal to most, but of course we are hosting the Super Bowl here in Minnesota this year, so it would have been cool to have a team finally […]
Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Hearts
When it came to Valentine’s Day candy when I was little, hands down the Reese’s peanut butter hearts were my favorite. You know, the giant ones that were almost the size of a candy bar, not just the little fun sized ones. I always hoped to get those from my Grandma, who would every year […]
Vegan Raspberry Swirled Vanilla Cheesecake (Nut Free)
I have probably made over 200 cheesecakes since I started to love them at a young age. I enjoyed them as a kid, but I never ate them very often because they were for special occasions in my family. Then by the time I was in college, I was buying a slice at a local […]
Vegan Chocolate Raspberry Jam Cups
I am in a chocolate making mood lately. Probably because Valentine’s day is coming up, and I want to be able to give some as gifts, and enjoy some for myself. So lots of chocolate goodies are essential. I know people like to buy boxes of chocolates to give their significant others, but I like […]
Vegan Fig Almond Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
I was gifted a few bags of dried figs, and I decided that I wanted to make something delicious with them. I could have just snacked on them of course, and I did with some, but they deserved to be used in something exciting. I thought about it all day at work. Maybe some fig […]
Vegan Rose White Chocolate Hearts
It feels downright balmy here in Minnesota with a 32F degree temperature! That is because it has been in the below zero temps lately or just single digits. Funny how in the Fall we think 32 is cold after having Summer temperatures, and now it is warm. Well, I am embracing it and getting out […]
Chocolate Cake Batter Dessert Hummus
Like any good vegan, I love hummus. For years, I have been making different kinds of hummus to have on hand. It is something that always has to be in my refrigerator. A lot of times, I like to add different veggies to it, to make it more flavorful or colorful, but also to add […]
Vegan PB & J Cupcakes
I make a dessert every weekend, it is just a thing I do. Not something simple like cookies, usually a cake, or a pie, or cheesecake. Something worth getting super excited over. Not that cookies are not exciting, but they just don’t get me going like cakes and pies do. I usually come up with […]
Basil Almond Roasted Tofu and Veggies and Pop and Cook: My New Favorite Cooking Secret!
There has been a big chill in the air here lately, and I am craving savory, warming vegan comfort food. A few nights back, I made delicious Basil Almond Roasted Tofu and Veggies, a new recipe experiment featuring Pop and Cook, which I discovered it at my local Walmart in the frozen vegetable section. It […]
Vegan Spicy Sweet Potato Tots with Cilantro Avocado Dipping Sauce
Minnesotans love their tater tots. I mean, we have a whole hot dish featuring them and named after them. So, why didn’t I love them as a child like everyone else? I don’t know. Maybe because they were always served in school lunches, and the first time I tried them they were soaked in the […]
Vegan Banana’s Foster Cake
I wanted something spectacular for my New Years dessert this year. I just made cupcakes for Christmas instead of a layer cake, and although they were really delicious, they just don’t have the same pizzazz that a layer cake does. I thought about going seasonal, and making something snow related, you know, like a white […]
Vegan Southwest Shepherd’s Pie Chili
I made my Sweet Potato lasagna the other day, but I have had another sweet potato recipe floating around in my head for a while that I wanted to try out. It is definitely comfort food type weather here, so warming food is needed so badly. I have been wanting to make a sweet potato […]
Matcha Mint Chocolate Chip Energy Bites
It is in the single digits here in Minnesota. When I went to yesterday morning it was -5F degrees. Which kind of feels like a shock right now because it has been in the 30s and 20s lately and that feels pretty warm compared to this. I like to go outside and soak up the […]
Vegan Sweet Potato Lasagna
Before I went vegan, I used to like to make lasagna for Christmas. I would make home made noodles, my own sauce, and fill it up with veggies and plenty of ricotta. It was so good! It was something I wished I could have all the time, but even without making your own noodles and […]
Vegan Grinch Cupcakes
Everyone has their favorite classic Holiday movie. I have a few that I have to watch every year, including “White Christmas”, “Charlie Brown Christmas” and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”. The latter of which is my favorite. There are so many things that I love about it. How happy the Whos are in Whoville, how […]
Vegan Chocolate Gingerbread Bourbon Balls
Sometimes you have those days where you are a disaster in the kitchen and in fact you should probably stay far away from it. But unfortunately sometimes you don’t have a choice, you have to get things done, even if you are a clutz or super forgetful that day because you have other stuff on […]
Mini Vegan Swedish Rice Rings with Raspberry Sauce
When I was little, my Mom used to make one of the most delicious desserts for the Holidays, a Swedish rice ring. No, we are not Swedish, my Mom’s side of the family is German in fact, but she got the recipe from a coworker back in the day and it was a keeper. It […]
Vegan Dark Chocolate Cranberry Pistachio Brownie Cookies
Making Christmas cookies with my Mom when I was little was one of my favorite parts of the Holidays. We would have the old family favorites like the pfeffernusse cookies, or my Grandma’s sugar cookie recipe (which was the most delicious I had ever tasted), or the pecan tassies, which were my Mom’s favorite. But […]
Vegan Christmas Tree Pizza
The ground is covered in snow, and I am listening to Christmas music all day at work, all of my Christmas presents are bought, but for some reason I still can’t believe Christmas is almost here! The year went by so fast, it seems like it was just Summer. Anyways, I am trying to be […]
Vegan Peppermint Swirl Ice Cream Cake
I know it is Winter, and it is chilly outside, but I still love to enjoy ice cream when I am home and all nice and warm in my pjs. So, I still make ice cream year round, because it is fun to come up with new and exciting flavors, and I need something to […]
Cinnamon Maple Chestnut Pecan Butter
We have all heard the Holiday song with the line “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire…” but how many of us have actually tried chestnuts? I admit, I did not try them until I was about 21 when I saw them at the local co op, and decided to be adventurous and try them. I […]
Loaded Baked Potato Bites
I was watching a cooking show recently with a football game foods theme and they were making potato skins. They looked delicious and it got me to thinking, I haven’t eaten potato skins since I was about 10 probably. I mean, it isn’t something I really see often at the restaurants I go to and […]
Vegan Eggnog Caramel Tart
It doesn’t feel like December here yet, it was 50 degrees this weekend and yesterday, perfect weather to get out running and biking in. I know some people are missing the snow, but I love that it is warm still. I know it is going to snowy here soon enough, but for now I will […]
Vegan 5 Spice Peanut Butter Cookies
When I was younger I used to like to go to a local spice shop and walk around and open all of the sample jars and smell them. Even if I had already smelled them before, it was all part of the experience of shopping there. Some things smelled better than others of course, and […]
Vegan Mexican Dark Chocolate Layer Cake
Last weekend we celebrated Eric’s Birthday, and he totally lucked out because the weather has been fabulous and warm here lately and his Birthday didn’t fall on Thanksgiving this year. Some years it does and it is kind of not fair since who wants their Birthday on a Holiday when everything is closed and you […]
Vegan Sweet Potato Pecan Pie
We always had 3 different types of pie at Thanksgiving gatherings at my Grandparent’s house when I was little. It was always apple, pecan and pumpkin. I would always take some of each as was tradition, but really the pecan was my favorite. It was my Mom’s favorite and my Grandma’s favorite too, so maybe […]
Butternut Squash and Cranberry Casserole
Squash is one of my favorite things ever, and I get super excited when it comes into season. There was a point in my life when I was younger when I used to eat it almost every day for pretty much the Fall and Winter seasons in different ways for dinner. My skin even started […]
Vegan Triple Layer Chocolate Pumpkin Pie
I do my best thinking on my runs. Which is why they are so important and an essential part of my life. If I am trying to sort out a problem, it is a good time to just be inside my own head and try and figure out a way to fix it. Or, maybe […]
Vegan Pumpkin Spice Caramel Corn
It is fun to find things you didn’t know you had. Like the 20 dollar bill in your coat pocket from last year. Or your sunglasses you thought you lost in the luggage you hadn’t used in 5 years. I found a big bag of popcorn I had bought a while back from the bulk […]